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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s Troy Abel to lead NSF-funded climate governance study | |||
| Southbound border traffic into Whatcom picks up in second quarter | Southbound border crossings picked up the pace in the second quarter, but the boost wasn't significant enough to indicate a new trend. |
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| Whatcom County retail sales slow down in first quarter of 2014 | Whatcom County retail sales slowed in the first three months of 2014, with a sluggish economy, a weaker Canadian dollar and the weather likely factors. |
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| Why Airplane Food Tastes So Bad and Other Curious Phenomena | Why do annoying songs get stuck in my head? Because you’re unfamiliar with the lyrics. People can recall the first verse of a song, but after the chorus, they might stumble over the words. The song becomes incomplete, which transforms into an intrusive thought, according to Ira Hyman Jr.… |
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| Research fellowships available for scholars interested in forwarding understandings of the Pacific Northwest | |||
| Rust villages of the deep: In Pele's shadow, iron oxide, or rust, comes to life | Pele. Her name brings visions of fire, lightning, wind--and volcanoes. Of the ancient Hawaiian goddesses, Pele, the "lady in the red dress," is the best known. |
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| Pebble’s Original Smartwatch Gets a Technicolor Makeover | Pebble helped kicked off the current smartwatch craze. Now, the company is offering a limited run of splashy new colors, including a fluorescent pink, green, and blue version of its original watch. With the early adopter and nerd bro market well-tapped, perhaps Pebble is going after trendsetting… |
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| Scientist on Rainier chases climate change’s butterfly effect | With a pirouette and swoosh of his net, John McLaughlin is after his quarry. |
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| Women in Military Drink Less Than Civilians, Report Shows | Women who serve in the U.S. military are less likely to drink alcohol than their civilian peers, a new study suggests. Overall, members of the military are more likely to consume alcohol. However, these researchers found that women respond differently to their experience in the military… |
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| Students explore effects of nation's largest dam removal | A group of Washington state students spent the spring looking at the effects of the largest dam-removal project in history, now underway on the Olympic Peninsula. They worked alongside University of Washington oceanographers studying what a century's worth of accumulated mud, stones and… |